Soccer World Cup 2011 / England

This article deals with the English national soccer team of women at the soccer world championship of women 2011 in Germany. England was 10th in the FIFA world rankings before the World Cup and has only taken part in two World Cups, each of which ended in the quarter-finals. While the other European teams also qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the English team has already qualified as host for the Olympic Games after the British football associations have agreed that the English team will represent Great Britain.

qualification

England qualified for the World Cup with two victories against Switzerland in the group winners' play-offs after defeating Spain in the group stage , which, however, with Adriana Martín Santamaría was the most successful goalscorer (16 goals) of all qualifiers. The most goals for England were scored by Fara Williams (7) and Kelly Smith (5).

Group stage results

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	England	8th	7th	1	0	30: 02	22nd
2	Spain	8th	6th	1	1	37: 04	19th
3	Austria	8th	3	1	4th	14:12	10
4th	Turkey	8th	2	1	5	10:23	07th
5	Malta	8th	0	0	8th	01:51	00

October 25, 2009	Blackpool	England	-	Malta	8: 0 (4: 0)
11/26/2009	İzmir	Turkey	-	England	0: 3 (0: 3)
03/25/2010	London	England	-	Austria	3: 0 (1: 0)
04/01/2010	London	England	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)
05/20/2010	Ta 'Qali	Malta	-	England	0: 6 (0: 3)
06/19/2010	Aranda de Duero	Spain	-	England	2: 2 (1: 0)
07/29/2010	Walsall	England	-	Turkey	3: 0 (1: 0)
08/21/2010	Krems	Austria	-	England	0: 4 (0: 3)

Playoffs

September 12, 2010	Shrewsbury	England	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (0: 0)
September 16, 2010	Well	Switzerland	-	England	2: 3 (1: 2)

Squad for the World Cup

On May 3, 2011 Hope Powell nominated 26 players for the World Cup test game against Sweden. On May 10, Fern Whelan was nominated for the injured Fara Williams . Except for five players who play in the USA, all players play in England. The final World Cup roster was announced on June 10th. The last injured Faye White and Fara Williams were also taken into account. 11 players were also used at the last World Cup in 2007, two took part in 2007 without being used. 15 players were in the squad when the Vice European Championship was won in 2009. The most experienced players are record goal scorers Kelly Smith and Rachel Yankey , both of whom have already played over 100 international matches. The players have an average height of 1.69 m, with Eniola Aluko being the smallest at 1.58 m and the goalkeeper Karen Bardsley the tallest at 1.81 m.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Karen Bardsley	10/14/1984	Sky Blue FC	017th	000		4th	0	1	0	0
13	Rachel Brown	07/02/1980	Everton LFC	073	000	4 (2007)	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Siobhan Chamberlain	08/15/1983	Bristol Academy Ladies	018th	000	0 (2007)	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Alex Scott	10/14/1984	Boston Breakers	081	012	4 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
3	Rachel Unitt	05/05/1982	Everton LFC	093	007th	0 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
5	Faye White	02/02/1978	Arsenal LFC	102	013	4 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Casey Stoney	05/13/1982	Lincoln LFC	092	004th	4 (2007)	4th	0	1	0	0
15th	Sophie Bradley	10/20/1989	Lincoln LFC	009	000		3	0	0	0	0
19th	Dunia Susi	08/10/1987	Birmingham City LFC	014th	000		0	0	0	0	0
20th	Claire Rafferty	01/11/1989	Chelsea LFC	005	001		1	0	0	0	0
midfield
4th	Jill Scott	02/02/1987	Everton LFC	049	008th	4 (2007)	4th	2	1	0	0
8th	Fara Williams	01/25/1984	Everton LFC	095	035	3 (2007)	3	1	1	0	0
16	Steph Houghton	04/23/1988	Arsenal LFC	017th	001		1	0	0	0	0
17th	Laura Bassett	08/02/1983	Birmingham City LFC	020th	000		1	0	0	0	0
18th	Anita Asante	04/27/1985	Sky Blue FC	051	001	3 (2007)	2	0	0	0	0
attack
7th	Jessica Clarke	05/05/1989	Lincoln LFC	028	007th		2	1	0	0	0
9	Ellen White	05/09/1989	Arsenal LFC	018th	005		4th	1	1	0	0
10	Kelly Smith	October 29, 1978	Boston Breakers	108	043	4 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
11	Rachel Yankey	11/01/1979	Arsenal LFC	113	014th	4 (2007)	4th	1	0	0	0
12	Karen Carney	08/01/1987	Birmingham City LFC	064	011	3 (2007)	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Eniola Aluko	02/21/1987	Sky Blue FC	058	011	3 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
National Coach	Hope Powell	December 8, 1966	The Football Association	066 137	35	3 (1995) 4 (2007)	2	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ numbers and positions according squad list of FIFA Archive Link ( Memento of the original on 25 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  ↑ a b Data according to the FIFA squad list archive link ( memento of the original from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and [1] If the data were different, the higher value was taken into account and updated if necessary.  ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ a b c As a player ↑ a b As a coach

preparation

In preparation for the tournament, the English team played two friendly matches . In addition, there will be a test match in Germany against Australia shortly before the World Cup.

date	place	opponent	Result	Goal scorers	particularities
April 2, 2011	Matchroom Stadium ( London )	United States	2: 1 (2: 1)	Jessica Clarke , Rachel Yankey ; Megan Rapinoe
May 17, 2011	Kassam Stadium ( Oxford )	Sweden	2: 0 (0: 0)	Jill Scott , Karen Carney
June 21, 2011	Halle ( Germany )	North Korea	0: 3		1st game against North Korea. Game behind closed doors.
June 23, 2011	Wolfsburg ( Germany )	Australia	0: 2 (0: 2)	-; Collette McCallum (2)

Group games

In Group B, runner-up European champions England first met Mexico , the runner-up in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup . In the runner-up game, the English, in which captain Faye White made her 100th international match, initially had field advantages because the Mexicans started very nervously. In the 21st minute, Fara Williams consequently headed a corner to make it 1-0. Surprisingly, Mónica Ocampo equalized in the 33rd minute , with English goalkeeper Karen Bardsley doing credit to her male colleagues. Then the English pushed for the second goal, but did not come to dangerous goals and could only test the 16-year-old Mexican goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago with long shots, with which she had no problems. As the length of the game increased, the game became more balanced and towards the end the Mexicans had better chances to score. In the end, both teams lacked the strength to decide the game in their favor. It was only the second game between the two teams; the English had won the first 5-0 in 2005.

In the second game, the English met Oceania champions New Zealand . The English had more of the game at first and barely let New Zealand get anywhere near their penalty area. The 1-0 win for New Zealand in the 18th minute by Sarah Gregorius was all the more surprising , when two English defenders could not agree on a cross from the right. After that, the English didn't think of much against the compact defense of the New Zealanders, who were also lurking on the counterattack. It wasn't until the 63rd minute that Jill Scott managed to equalize after a cross from the right with a header. After that, the New Zealanders pushed for another opening goal and had some good opportunities. In their urge phase then fell the 2-1 winner for the English women by Jessica Clarke in the 81st minute. The English women then knew how to bring the result over time.

In order to make it safely to the quarter-finals, the English women needed a win against Japan , the third place in the 2010 Asian Women's Cup . The English, who still had Mexico behind their necks, largely prevented the Japanese from playing their combination game and barely allowed the Japanese to score. Although the English women only had a few chances, Ellen White took the first one . After a pass into the top, she lifted the ball over the Japanese goalkeeper into the goal. They were able to prevent a goal shortly afterwards with an overhead kick from White, but the English team could now start their game. In the second half, substitute Rachel Yankey made the 2-0 win that decided the game. Thus, England could still be group winners in the last group game. It was only the second game against Japan, the first game - in the preliminary round of the 2007 World Cup - ended in a draw.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	5: 2	7th
2	Japan	6: 3	6th
3	Mexico	3: 7	2
4th	New Zealand	4: 6	1

Monday, June 27, 2011, 6:00 p.m. in Wolfsburg
Mexico	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)
Friday, July 1, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Dresden
New Zealand	-	England	1: 2 (1: 0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Augsburg
England	-	Japan	2: 0 (1: 0)

Quarter finals

As group winners England met in the quarterfinals on July 9 in Leverkusen on France , the runners-up of Group A. So far there have been 12 games between England and France, only the first two in the 1970s, England was able to win, then there were five defeats and five Draws, three of them in the last three games. So far, both have only met in games that FIFA has declared as friendlies.

England started furiously, Kelly Smith had a first chance to score after 16 seconds, but failed to score. In the third minute France also had the first chance to score, but the ball went over the goal. After that, little happened until the middle of the first half. The French controlled the game, but did not come dangerously in front of the English goal. From the 25th minute onwards, there were several scoring chances for France, but the English women were able to fend them off. In the second half the pressure from the French increased, the English team hardly came from their own half. Jill Scott used the first excursion into the French half in the 59th minute to make a surprising 1-0 for England. The following attacks with a multitude of scoring chances by the French women held up the English defense until the 88th minute, but were then powerless when Élise Bussaglia shot on goal . After that, the French pushed for the winning goal, but England saved themselves in extra time. In this, too, the French team achieved a large number of goal opportunities, but were mostly too imprecise or failed due to the English goalkeeper. This also held the first penalty in the subsequent penalty shootout, while the following three shooters were able to convert all penalties. As the fourth English shooter, Claire Rafferty , who was substituted on for her first World Cup game in the second half , forgave . When Eugénie Le Sommer scored for France, Faye White had to score to get extra time on penalties. White, who had previously had problems with calf cramps, ran out of nerves and hit the bar. This was the third time that England failed in the quarter-finals of a World Cup. France, on the other hand, reached the semi-finals for the first time.

In the FIFA world rankings , England improved by four places and achieved sixth place, the best place ever.

Awards

Alex and Jill Scott were selected to the All-Star Team.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Big squad for final World Cup warm-up
2. ^ Fara to miss Sweden clash
3. ^ Powell names World Cup squad
4. ^ Profile at thefa.com
5. ^ Profile at thefa.com
6. ^ Profile at thefa.com
7. ^ Profile at thefa.com
8. ^ Profile at thefa.com
9. ^ Profile at thefa.com
10. ^ Profile at thefa.com
11. ^ Profile at thefa.com
12. ^ Profile at thefa.com
13. ^ Profile at thefa.com
14. ↑ Westfield Matilda's FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 squad ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ sportschau.de: North Korea seals itself off (accessed on June 22, 2011)
16. ↑ FIFA.com: England in the FIFA World Ranking
17. ↑ FIFA.com: Double Honor for Sawa, July 18, 2011, accessed May 20, 2017